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Mike Ester, Trine Univ. , will be at Perry Today. He is going to run a tough practice to prepare for folkstyle state.

See you all tonight Stephanie Tasseff, PM parent

Come ready to bang. Mike Ester, Asst. Coach at Trine University will be running a bust ace practice in prep for folkstyle state. Hopefully we have a room full of studs ready to get after it. Here are Coach Esters credintials: 3rd year assistant coach at Trine U. Angola, IN *2008 Mid states conference assistant coach of the year. *Helped Coached "Thunder" to 2009 DIII Midwest regional team runner-up finish. *2009 Manchester "Spartan Mat Classic" Team Champions. *Team Reach a Nationally Ranking #23 *6 different Individual wrestlers ranked Top 15 in the country. *23-18 Dual meet victory of DII U. Of Indianapolis ) like that one don't ya! *19-16 Dual meet ove #16 nationally ranked Olivet College Mike Ester 260-418-5406 (cell) Assistant Wrestling Coach Trine University "Thunder"

Agreed, thats why when an opponent figure fours the head it should be stopped for potentially dangerous. Two legs around a neck with no arm and squeezing? Refs have the right to stop a potentially dangerous situation and should if they deem necessary. Are you saying its alright to break shoulders but not to choke? Are you saying its alright to slam someone but not to choke? I saw some potential slams at team state even. Point being, refs have the job of stopping something for potentially dangerous. Wrestling is a brutal sport by nature. People get pinned because of comfort level. Dave Shultz was the master of pinning people or maybe I should say he made them want to be pinned. We need to look at more than chokes that have an arm. If thats what people want to call them.

I was just wondering what people thought of these moves and how they are applied. I saw a kid get put in a chicken wing(or some call a bar) this past weekend(maybe this past 20 years), I hear all of these coaches yelling sit thru, arch, squeeze elbows together and I see the kid on bottom, with his neck isolated, his head about to pop off and the top man sitting out, arching and gritting his teeth like he is trying to make the kid want to get pinned. Is that legal? It seems to cut the air off of the bottom man since his head is going one way and his body is going another. I am also concerned that his arms might dislocate. I also witnessed this past weekend at the folkstyle state(or maybe the past 20 years) kids in headlocks, cradles, halves and the coach/parent yelling squeeze, tighten up, lift the head, chin him as to make the kid on bottom want to get pinned. I thought it seemed a bit rough. Some kids were screaming I can't breathe and an official said if you can talk you can breathe. And, this one got me. I saw a kid with legs in and banana split a guy and just rip him apart, gritting his teeth and trying to end his manhood(although they were just little boys so he will make it) . The kid on bottom was screaming. When the period ended the kid on bottom got his revenge and hit the kid in a headlock and the kid arched his back, lifted his head, and tried to pin the other kid by making him want to be pinned. Man, this one got me. I saw a kid put in the legs, arch like a superman, stuff a kids head under(appearing to almost break the kids neck) and rip a kids shoulder until he wanted to get pinned. They took that kid off on a stretcher. All of this really bothered me until I started remembering back to my original days of going to clinics, camps and coaches clinic, Olympic Training center, and listening to all of the top notch wrestlers and coaches years ago and they all seemed to say the same thing. Things like, when you are pinning them, squeeze the life out of them, make them want to be pinned, if they can talk they can breathe, and all of the other things that seemed almost brutal and almost barbaric. I even remembered recently seeing a top college coach from this area put on a clinic and show a pinning combo and say, if he doesn't go, he breaks his arm. Oh I forgot about this one, wow, how about the kid(I saw this from a kid in Northern Inpls around the Carmel area do) that wings a kid over, figure fours the head(with no arm) with his legs(the strongest part of the body) and arch and the kid on bottom is kicking and screaming and the kid on top is just tightening the legs(with no arm) as tight as he can around this kids neck until the kid had to give up. Tough one. So, as I think thru these things I could not help but wonder, where has this sport gone to when the same things Chauncey Mcdaniels was saying 60 years ago are still being said today. I guess I came to the conclusion that its pretty rough and if I ever have the opportunity to tell a kid not to be put in a pinning combo I will because I know the person on top is going to squeeze the life out of him and try to make him want to be pinned. I think It was said best by the gentleman who I think started this post, From Oscar on the North Montgomery winter tournament post "The only opinion that counts in a match is the referee's. Don't be upset when it doesn't go your way. THAT'S PART OF WRESTLING."

7 to 7 in the finals. Not such a sure thing. Hwy might have went either way which changes the end result. Not to take anything away from the champs. They earned it. And had to. Great job Dogs.

Perry Meridians first RTC will be next tuesday at 6 pm-7:30 pm. Come in and bang with a good group. More details coming.

Choke? Bold words. 8 out of the last 9 years PM has been to state but has only lost one meet where they might have been favored and that was against Belmont which would be unfair to say about a Belmont since they have one of the greatest programs in the history of Indiana wrestling. They have beaten teams like Mishawaka(2x at team state), Portage during their great days and Columbia City. They have only lost to the state champs except for the one year to Belmont. Each loss has been to either EMD, LN, or Mishawaka. Each time Perry was not favored. Now, what program do you represent so that we can see if your team has choked because unless you are from one of those three teams you either have a program that is not at their level or you CHOKED!

Does anyone know where I can get suite tickets . I have tried every where. email me please if you can help me out. Thank You Stephanie Tasseff indytasse@comcast.net

Elementary and Middle School coaches, what you need to remember is that it is a marathon not a sprint. We have had young talented studs at the elementary level not pan out due to extreme pressure at a young age and we have had several kids in the last few years not wrestle until their freshman year and place at state and even a few went on to wrestle on some financial assistance in college. Whats right often depends on the kid and what he/she feels. More important than winning is teaching techniques that will win at the next level. That could mean many things. Some kids are funky wrestlers-then develop it. Some are basic wrestlers-then reinforce it. We have a motto we try to live by and its simple-Do what you are coached to do and do it to the best of your ability and you never have to look at the scoreboard. This is a very emotional, grinding sport. I hope to see all these little kids around when the dust clears.